Windy Isle

Last night I began to wonder how many soldiers wrote about the incessant wind. I image it would drive me a little mad after more than a few weeks time. It is always breezy and mostly very windy; last night I was fearful that Charlotte would get blown away. The students now have a nightly tradition of sitting out on the wall before the other teacher and I send them inside at 9:30. We (the other teacher and I) can't stay awake any later! Last night was exceptionally beautiful with the full moon. Sometimes there are territorial disputes: who gets to sit on the cannon. These ultimately lead to (not-so) hostile take-overs.

Speaking of hostile take overs...we had a Dominica history lecture last night, there was quite a bit of fire power in this bay once upon a time. This fort was nestled between the two Cabrits, but there were also guns on each peak the remnant of which we saw on the East Cabrit yesterday afternoon. The island is called wai'tu kabuli in the Carib language, it means "tall is her body" which is pretty appropriate! If you didn't know, the Carib people of Dominica were in the Pirates of the Caribbean as the "natives" and films 2 and 3 were set here on the island. The mangrove swamp is right down the road! Also, our driver from the terrestrial week (Ali) was in the movie and he pointed out where different scenes were shot as we were driving around! Looks like we will have to have a Pirates of the Caribbean film fest when we get home!

Dean and Alex did their last two dives today and are now PADI certified divers! They will have one more tomorrow morning for fun and then they need to wait because of their upcoming plane travel on Saturday.

Unfortunately, I was relegated to land duty to nurse my throbbing head and ears (too much of a good thing...snorkeling) but got to scoot out on the pier to get this photo of Dean (Alex is in the water) jumping in. I also got a shot of the cafe where we spend most of out time. We get three meals a day, but have to buy snacks if we want them. The boys have been sucking down milkshakes and eating something called chocolate-delish. They say they get better the more you eat...